Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 92: Bharata Departs for Citrakūṭa
Text 2.92.10
भरतार्धतृतीयेषु योजनेष्वजने वने।
चित्रकूटो गिरिस्तत्र रम्यनिर्दरकाननः॥
bharatārdha-tṛtīyeṣu yojaneṣv ajane vane
citrakūṭo giris tatra ramya-nirdara-kānanaḥ
bharata = Bharata; ardha-tṛtīyeṣu = two and a half; yojaneṣu = yojanas; ajane = in a secluded; vane = forest; citrakūṭaḥ = Citrakūṭa [that is]; giriḥ = there is a mountain [named]; tatra = from here; ramya-nirdara-kānanaḥ = with lovely waterfalls and woodlands.
Bharata, there is a mountain [named] Citrakūṭa [that is] two and a half yojanas from here in a secluded forest with lovely waterfalls and woodlands.1
1 Rāmāyaṇa-bhūṣaṇa: ardha-tṛtīyeṣv iti ardhaṁ tṛtīyaṁ yeṣāṁ yeṣāṁ teṣv ardha-tṛtīyeṣu sārdha-yojana-dvitaya ity arthaḥ.
“Secluded forest” means “forest uninhabited by people other than sages.” Citrakūṭa was a famous mountain.